Ansar-ul-Sharia Pakistan chief arrested

KARACHI: Security forces on Tuesday claimed to have arrested head of newly-emerged outfit Ansar-ul-Sharia Pakistan (ASP) in an intelligence-based operation carried out in Kaniz Fatima Society, Gulzar-e-Hijri Karachi.

As in keeping with main points, Karachi police in conjunction with different intelligence forces carried out a raid in Kaniz Fatima Society and arrested Dr Abdullah Hashmi, 28, suspected head of newly-emerged outfit Ansar-ul-Sharia Pakistan (ASP), which is inquisitive about sabotage actions and assault on MQM-P chief Khawaja Izharul Hassan and regulation enforcement businesses private within the Metropolis.

A high-level safety supply showed the arrest, claiming that more than six suspected terrorists, in the past affiliated with Daesh, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and al-Qaedawere, arrested in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) carried out by safety forces in Karachi on Monday night time. .

The arrested suspect Abdullah Hashmi, is an IT (Information generation) professional and used to be hired in pc division of NED University. He has won Master’s level in Applied Physics from the University of Karachi.

Sources added that the suspected terrorists used to keep in touch thru a smartphone app and in addition had recorded all terrorist actions performed within the city.

Earlier, The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) raided a personal college and arrested some other aide of Sarosh Siddiqui, the suspected mastermind of assault on MQM-P chief Khawaja Izharul Hassan.

According to Police, the newly-emerged outfit Ansar-ul-Sharia Pakistan (ASP) produced from extremely certified 12-member workforce belongs to Karachi, maximum of them are scholars of engineering universities and are living at Gulzar-e-Hijri space of the Metropolis.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malir Rao Anwar Ahmed on Monday stated that police have been in search of Abdul Karim Sarosh Siddiqui, a central commander of Ansarul Sharia and a perilous militant.

According to SSP, police have been wearing out raids around the town to apprehend the suspect who allegedly attacked Khawaja Izharul Hassan.

The suspected militant, who has alleged association with newly-emerged outfit Ansar-ul-Sharia Pakistan (ASP), controlled to flee a raid carried out by a police staff led by Rao Anwar Ahmed on Monday within the town’s Gulzar-i-Hijri space.